Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a common cause of death worldwide, most often triggered by ventricular fibrillation or asystole.1 The estimated prevalence in adult individuals (>35 years) is about ...

Las cardiopatías genéticas son la causa de una parte considerable de las muertes súbitas inesperadas en individuos jóvenes1. El más frecuente de este grupo diverso de trastornos es la miocardiopatía ...

Abstracts Background   The impact of early surgery on mortality in patients with native valve endocarditis (NVE) is unresolved. This study sought to evaluate valve surgery compared with medical ...

Key Words: Editorials • infection • surgery • valves Endocarditis is a rare and highly variable disease, with a dramatic mortality that has not improved significantly despite progress in diagnosis ...

Mechanisms by Which Adenosine Restores Conduction in Dormant Canine Pulmonary Veins  Ablation procedures are becoming an increasingly important therapeutic option for atrial fibrillation, ...

The REgistry on Cardiac rhythm disORDers assessing the control of Atrial Fibrillation (RecordAF) is the first worldwide, 1-year observational, longitudinal study of the management of ...

This report presents data describing a large cohort of closed cardiovascular medical professional liability (MPL) claims. The Physician Insurers Association of America established a registry of ...

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-chromosomal inherited lysosomal storage disease resulting in intracellular storage of globotriaosylceramide. Cardiac involvement is most frequently manifested as left ...

Las primeras comunicaciones sobre la implantación percutánea de válvulas aórticas (IPVA) se recibieron con una mezcla de admiración y escepticismo. Admiración por el hecho de que pudiera realizarse ...

Background The primary objective of this study was to develop an image-guided, noninvasive procedure to create or enlarge an atrial septal defect for the treatment of neonates with hypoplastic left ...

Objectives: This study investigated whether ranolazine reduces dofetilide-induced torsades de pointes (TdP) in a model of long QT syndrome with down-regulated K+ currents due to hypertrophic ...

Objectives: We sought to obtain new insights into the pathophysiologic basis of Brugada syndrome (BrS) by studying changes in various electrocardiographic depolarization and/or repolarization ...

Objectives: This study tested the hypothesis that chromosome 4q25 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associate with atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation. Background: ...

Objectives: The aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate the safety of discontinuing oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) after apparently successful pulmonary vein isolation. Background: ...

Objectives: We investigated clinical correlates of atrial fibrillation (AF) progression and evaluated the prognosis of patients demonstrating AF progression in a large population. Background: ...